1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/pacman/pacman.c b/src/pacman/pacman.c
index 55e92098..a2ff2604 100644
--- a/src/pacman/pacman.c
+++ b/src/pacman/pacman.c
@@ -476,9 +476,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		ERR(NL, "failed to set option LOGCB (%s)\n", alpm_strerror(pm_errno));
 		cleanup(1);
 	}
-	if(alpm_set_option(PM_OPT_DBPATH, (long)config->dbpath) == -1) {
-		ERR(NL, "failed to set option DBPATH (%s)\n", alpm_strerror(pm_errno));
-		cleanup(1);
+	if(config->dbpath == NULL) {
+		config->dbpath = strdup(PM_DBPATH);
+	} else {
+		/* dbpath has been set by parseargs or parseconfig */
+		if(alpm_set_option(PM_OPT_DBPATH, (long)config->dbpath) == -1) {
+			ERR(NL, "failed to set option DBPATH (%s)\n", alpm_strerror(pm_errno));
+			cleanup(1);
+		}
 	}
 	if(alpm_set_option(PM_OPT_CACHEDIR, (long)config->cachedir) == -1) {
 		ERR(NL, "failed to set option CACHEDIR (%s)\n", alpm_strerror(pm_errno));